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WRITTEN SYMBOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does written symbol mean? 

WRITTEN SYMBOL (noun)
  The noun WRITTEN SYMBOL has 1 sense:

1. a written or printed symbolplay

  Familiarity information: WRITTEN SYMBOL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WRITTEN SYMBOL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A written or printed symbol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

printed symbol; written symbol

Hypernyms ("written symbol" is a kind of...):

symbol (an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "written symbol"):

mark (a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation))

character; graph; grapheme; graphic symbol (a written symbol that is used to represent speech)

phonogram (any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word)


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